The outgoing surgeon general will have to rely on Congress and the next administration to add warnings about cancer risks to alcohol labels.

The top U.S. health official is calling for all alcoholic beverages to carry a warning label about cancer risk.

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is calling for new warning labels on alcoholic drinks that inform consumers of the health risks — particularly an increased risk of at least seven types of cancer, including breast cancer, liver cancer and colon cancer.

Alcohol is a leading cause of cancer, a risk that should be clearly labeled on drinks Americans consume, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy proposed on Friday.

U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy's new Advisory on Alcohol and Cancer Risk outlining a direct link between drinking alcohol and increased risk of developing seven types of cancer was released Friday amid a review of federal guidelines for alcohol consumption.

Malin Martin, the CEO of non-alcoholic brand Free Spirits, says the US surgeon general's statement on alcohol consumption will impact consumers.

After the Surgeon General suggested that labels on alcoholic drinks should warn about cancer risk, here’s what doctors say you should know about drinking and cancer.

The U.S. Surgeon General says that alcoholic drinks should carry a warning label stating that alcohol consumption increases the risk of developing breast, colon, liver and other cancers. Emily Fitzpatrick has more on what Canadian health experts think.

The American Medical Association applauded the U.S. surgeon general’s recommendation for a cancer warning to be issued on all alcoholic drinks as a welcomed development. The AMA, a professional association and lobbying group of physicians and medical students,